The Egyptian statue of Sekhemka has just realised £15,762,500 at Christie's this evening. That is the equivalent of just under $27 million.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Further returns to Italy from the MMA
Formerly New York MMA 1991.11.6.1–2. Source: MMA New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned another batch of Greek and Roman ant...
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Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
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Tarentine funerary relief Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art The Manhattan DA has provided limited details about the recent return of antiqu...
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If international museums can no longer "own" antiquities either through purchase on the antiquities market or through partage , wh...

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lets hope the museum looses its museums accreditation otherwise the floodgates might open with other museums selling off the family silver.
kyri
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